Stephe Harrop
Associate professor, storyteller, author, Greek chorus wrangler. Also: tea, islands, debatable lands, long walks on cold beaches. "Impressively undaunted." stepheharrop.co.uk
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropHow did communal open-air singing in early 20th century Britain connect with fellow-feeling, bodily experience, and ideas of the countryside? These are topics @drhick.bsky.social and I discuss in our Element - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain. Out now & free to read online doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropToday's vikingism: the former Viking Cinema in Largs, Scotland, which first opened in 1939. Awash in art-deco viking decor, complete with viking ship out front, it could host up to 1,300 viewers. The cinema closed in 1973, with the building demolished a decade later.
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropWhen people talk about the idea that some universities must go under, there’s a certain tendency to behave as if these smaller local campuses are negligible- regrettable casualties perhaps but not ‘real’ universities. This report does a great job of illustrating why that’s wrong.
- Reposted by Stephe HarropGive yourself a moment, and read this little excerpt from 'Anne of Avonlea' by the wonderful Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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- "No one mentions Liverpool."
- A few unfurling, Imbolc stitches added to this sleeve, which will be worn onstage later in 2026, as part of my upcoming Cressida storytelling show. The project also reflects on matrilineal threads, cultural memory, and women crafting a sense of self, across centures and generations.
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropI love everything about this story, not least the care and interest shown by the lorry driver.
- Reposted by Stephe HarropSO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer! muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropKao Kalia Yang at @literaryhub.bsky.social - "If they take me and leave the children." One of our great local writers at this moment of crisis.
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- Reposted by Stephe Harrop‘Star. Sister. Bird. Blossom. All the same interchangeable stuff.’ The most beautiful, moving piece of writing, & a tribute to loss from dear @amyjanebeer.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropNext Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
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- Poldark on Mopeds. (In my head, rent-free, for three decades.)
- Reposted by Stephe HarropWhen I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing. lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropLast term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:
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- The sisters were the first to set foot on this island. So how come we've forgotten the story of our first (and fiercest) mythic mothers? Really chuffed to be bringing my spoken-word storytelling show Queens of Albion to the gorgeous Rise in York later this spring! shorturl.at/xkTVl
- Reposted by Stephe HarropWe went each Sunday for the mass recited in my parent’s language that wasn’t mine. The Gaelic gospel that was just sound, pure sound, to me… —Niall Campbell, “Tongues of Water” from THE ISLAND IN THE SOUND, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2024 #poem #poetry www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
- Reposted by Stephe HarropThe Long Neolithic is continuity with our fundamental nature. To step into a stone circles is to know we are pattern makers, season markers. It is a knowing we have always looked to sky, always had our rituals and mysteries of death. We are lithic. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
- Reposted by Stephe HarropOne of the joys of collecting folklore is having conversations where lines such as: “When my sister spent some years transformed into a fox …” tumble out quite naturally. – #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday
- Blue skies today above the Museum of Liverpool, where I've been meeting my new Arts Emergency mentee. If you don't know about @artsemergency.bsky.social's brilliant work, you can check them out here: www.arts-emergency.org
- Reposted by Stephe HarropI left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropWinter's fallen ware. Herti Geo - Papay - Orkney - Today
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- Reposted by Stephe HarropThree short paragraphs, and you've got the whole mind-bending mess that is #UKHE finance & governance neatly laid out. This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue. 💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
- Getting ready to return to the beautiful @porticolibrary.bsky.social - and delighted to discover that January's workshop has already sold out! Witching Words is inspired by traditional tales of enchantment from northern lands, exploring how these stories can spark creativity and connection today.
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- Reposted by Stephe Harrop"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope...realists of a larger reality." Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Braving the cold to check that the sea is (more or less) where I left it.
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- Something I've been working on this midwinter. These sleeves will be worn onstage, as part of my new Cressida storytelling show. But they're also giving me space to reflect on matrilineal threads, cultural memory, and women using textiles and sewing skills to craft a sense of self, through time.
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